Qigong Detoxification for Heroin Addicts
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Qigong Detoxification for Heroin Addicts Ming Li is a lecturer with the Institute of Qigong Research, Guangzhou University, People’s Republic of China. Kevin Chen is an assistant professorin the Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, in Newark, NJ. Zhixian Mo is an associate professor in the Department of Chinese Medicine, First Military Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China.
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تاریخ انتشار 2001